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Mutual Trust Bank Limited recently organised, as lead organiser, a day long training programme on anti-money laundering at the Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute at Ishwardi in Pabna for the officials of the commercial banks operating in the district. The training programme was held under the sponsorship of MTB corporate head office and MTB

Dhaka Bank’s training institute organised a six-day training programme on fundamentals of commercial banking for managers and officers of the Bangladesh Development Bank Limited at the institute’s premises in the city recently. Thirty managers and officers of Bangladesh Development Bank took part in the training

The existing electronic money transfer system at post offices using cell phones would be expanded throughout the country from June 27 to ensure swift money transfer to anywhere in Bangladesh, official sources said, reports NewAge. The present EMTS covers only 450 post offices and the system would be expanded across the

Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor of Bangladesh Bank has launched an extension programme of the Nirmal Shakti Solar Project implemented by Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) held on Saturday at FIVDB central office in Sylhet. In his speech of inauguration, Dr. Atiur hoped to build a solar nation combining all the initiatives

Standard Chartered Bank has been named the ‘Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Bangladesh 2010’ by FianaceAsia, a leading financial publication in the region, for the second consecutive year. The bank received the award as part of FinanceAsia 2010 Country Awards for Achievement, said

A community pilot project to provide ICT-based services and access to information to the masses, e-upazila, has been set up in Jamalpur recently. It is a joint effort by Grameenphone Ltd and Social Development Foundation. Dr Akram H Chowdhury, member of parliament, inaugurated the project. The project was

Business Initiative Directions (BID), a Madrid-based organisation, has recently honoured AB Bank with its International Quality Summit Award in Platinum Category, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Jose E Prieto, BID president and chief executive officer, handed the award to Kaiser A Chowdhury,

Grameenphone has signed an agreement with Bangladesh Election Commission Secretariat, recently to provide SMS based Polling Information Service. Mahmud Hossain, Acting Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Grameenphone was present on the occasion with other senior officials of

Bank Asia has been awarded the Best Blood Donor Organization 2010 by Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. Dr Captain (Retd.) Mozibur Rahman Fakir, MP, State Minister for Health and Family Welfare, handed over the award to Erfanuddin Ahmed, President and Managing Director of the Bank

Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd, a telecommunication company operating in Bangladesh under the brand name Robi, signed a memorandum of understanding with China Development Bank and Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd at a programme at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on

Huntsman Textile Effects will provide textile dyes, chemicals and technical service to Bextex Ltd, according to a statement released yesterday. Huntsman and Bextex have signed a partnership deal. Syed Naved Husain, chief executive officer of Bextex, and Paul Hulme, president of Huntsman Textile Effects,

Mizanur Rahman Shelley has been re-elected as the chairman of Premier Leasing and Finance Ltd. Company’s board of directors in its meeting held recently also elected Syed Muhammed Abbdul Mannan as vice-chairman of the company, said a

Harun Rashid Chowdhury has been elected the chairman of the executive committee of Standard Bank. The election was held at the 162nd meeting of the board of directors of the bank recently, said a news

Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) has recently opened a solar energy driven bank branch at Station Road, Ishwardi, Pabna. MTB Chairman Samson H. Chowdhury formally inaugurated the branch at a simple ceremony held yesterday at a local auditorium at Ishwardi while MTB Founding

A signing ceremony was held to offer mobile-based water and sewerage bill payment facility between Citycell and Dhaka WASA in a city hotel on Monday . Engr. Taqsem A. Khan, Managing Director of Dhaka WASA and Mehboob Chowdhury, CEO of Citycell signed the agreement while

Under a new baggage rule, a passenger will have to pay an extra tax of Tk 25,000 for importing Plasma, LCD or such types of television of more than 52 inches. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday issued a circular regarding the baggage rule for the next fiscal year. In the no major ... Read more

With the World Cup football knocking at the door different companies dealing in consumer products and services appear to have gone in a frenzy of booking media spaces and slots in print and electronic media,reports NewAge. Insiders in advertising industry estimated a huge budget of nearly Tk 100 crore in diversified ads in

NBR targets tax-dodging car users The government is likely to double the advance tax for private motor vehicles from the upcoming fiscal in a bid to boost income tax collection from the well-off section of people, officials said. With the change, the minimum tax for a 1500 cc car will be raised to Tk 6,000 ... Read more

BRAC Bank has clinched the ‘Sustainable Bank of the Year 2010’ award at the FT Sustainable Banking Awards, said a statement. The award was jointly announced by Financial Times newspaper and International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, at an award ceremony on Thursday in

KDA Avenue Branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) was inaugurated as its 232nd Branch at Khan A Sabur Road, Khulna on Sunday. Nazrul Islam Manzu, MP, Khulna-2 inaugurated the Branch as Chief Guest while AKM Fazlur Rahman, GM, Bangladesh Bank, Khulna was present at the program as special Guest. The